The 100 Episode 5×10: The Warriors Will

I know I have been saying this a lot this season and I probably sound like a broken record but… damn, that episode was fabulous! Don’t get me wrong, I ugly cried for at least half of it, but in the “wow this show is gnawing at my emotions” way that I so adore. This was a bleak one, and it delved deeper into a few select storylines: The Blodreina/Polis story, the Abby/McCreary/Vinson story, and Clarke/Madi story. So, we’re just going to break down each mess this week.

Just a reminder, spoilers galore!! Like ALL the spoilers- proceed with caution!

The Mess in Polis

When we left off in the bunker, Octavia had all the feels about putting her entire family in the arena to fight to the death. Now, she’s trying to decide if she really needs to go through with it. On one hand, I am excited that she still has this tiny shred of her former self left, but really, the fact that it’s even an option speaks volumes. Miller is trying to play down the fact that half of Wonkru is no longer #TeamBlodreina, while Brell is more… logical. Even though Brell is behind Madi (and is apparently not even making a secret of it anymore), she is honest with O and tells her that the best way to get Wonkru to follow is to show them what happens if they don’t.

Seriously Brell, this was not what I had in mind when I wanted you to intervene…

So of course she’s throwing everyone and their mom (literally) into the arena. We knew this, yeah? But I didn’t expect her to have heart-to-hearts with the Enemies of Wonkru™. First stop is Indra’s place, where O finds Indra deep in some kind of Grounder prayer ritual. Well. How dare Indra pray to a deity other than Octavia?! Because let’s be real, Octavia absolutely considers herself a deity at this point.

I’m cackling. We don’t deserve Indra.

So they chat about the good ol’ days, when Indra asked O to be her Second, you know, before all the worms and cannibalism and whatnot. It’s heartbreaking, even O’s shriveled up heartlet is feeling it. Indra is just so wise, and she doesn’t shy away from the truth, even now, even when it could mean her death. But that encounter did not move Octavia enough to reconsider killing everyone she loves, so she moves onto her next victim conversation: Monty.

Ah, these two. They’ve had such an interesting history. I feel like O always had a soft spot for Monty (she even tells him so here) and they’ve been through so much together. Hell, it was Monty who convinced O to stay after Lincoln’s death. O who Monty killed his mom to save. And Octavia plays on Monty’s kindness, knowing that he won’t be able to stand Bellamy going into the arena.

I daresay not the Monty she was expecting…

But he won’t. He’s not going to help Bellamy kill Indra- he’s done with the killing. BUT. He has plants! And like a little kid on Christmas morning, he’s eager to show Octavia all his presents. He found a way that could help Wonkru- save Wonkru even. They could slowly rebuild Polis, and ignore the Valley altogether. They could have peace!

Right after she crushed an apple blossom and also Monty’s dreams.

There’s one last person O hasn’t tried to chat it up with yet: Bellamy. She reminisces with him, and there is the humanity she has buried away, deep inside. It kills him, but he refuses to even listen to ways to kill Indra. You can just see how over it he is, like he’s not even entertaining this nonsense. And she’s pissed, I think because people aren’t cooperating according to her plan? And she still has choices, but she refuses to give up her power to make any of them. Bellamy, it’s clear, still sees this shred of humanity in Octavia, still sees the girl he played with as a child, the girl who danced with butterflies. But she’s just… there’s not enough of her left, frankly.

She leaves Bellamy to his (probable) tears, and gets ready to do whatever Blodreinas do. Kill folks, I suppose. First she has to get on her makeup. Errr, I mean the actual blood that she cuts out of her own damn arm, cause that’s how it works I guess. And off to the arena we go! Of course Indra refuses to kill Gaia, Bellamy doesn’t want to fight, and Gaia just wants to kill Octavia. It’s actually pretty much how I’d expect it to go down, though Bellamy does eventually fight because I think it’s just plain old human instinct to not die.

And who comes in to save the day? Everyone’s favorite algae farmer, Monty Green, and his lovely assistant Harper McIntyre! (Seriously, she doesn’t do anything else now, right?) Anyway, Monty is bearing a vase of flowers, because of course he is, and tells them “my dudes, there is an alternative to war!” and they all cheer. So of course O runs like hell out of the room, and Monty’s pleased because no one shot him (which in the bunker really is a good day), but the others are skeptical about O’s disappearance.

For good reason, as it turns out.

Yep, bitch just went ahead and burned down every last chance at a peaceful life for anyone and everyone in Wonkru. All because she’s that damn power hungry, and that desperate for a war. Her people’s welfare mean nothing to her, only the fight does. Monty kind of nailed the dictator bit, didn’t he? So, they march.

She must mean Miller or Brell or someone, right? Right?!?!

Bellamy and Indra have come to this lovely sort of respect and understanding, though Indra is talking about someone having a warrior’s death and she’d better not mean herself. No one okayed that. It is clear, however, that some of Wonkru is only following Octavia so that they can find Madi- and using O’s protection and rations to get through the desert. Smart, really. And with the algae really and truly destroyed, Monty and Harper have no choice but to go with Bellamy to find their “family” in Shallow Valley.

Monty and his Smol Algae™ make me sad.

The Mess in Shallow Valley

Speaking of people with a shitton of problems, let’s hone in on #TeamMcCreary, Abby, and Vinson- who I think is a #TeamMcCreary defector/spy? He’s the creepy cannibal version of Echo, I guess, who knows. Anyway, McCreary and Abby start the episode with an actual bet about who is going to die first, so that’s how these guys are doing.

Abby is trying her damnedest to outlast McCreary, I’ll give her that. But her body is just shutting down, and it’s bad. So she “calls” Vinson. I didn’t realize how at first, but she shocks the poor bastard into coming to her “office”. I mean… it’s smart. And Vinson probably likes it, let’s be real.

But he’s not there for a treatment or a checkup. He’s there to steal Abby’s pills off McCreary, because even though she doesn’t want to take them… well, it’s addiction for a reason. But nor does she want to actually cure McCreary, so desperate times call for… Idk, Vinson to do some shady shit I guess. He comes back, pills in hand, but oh noes, the guards have heard! No worries, Vinson can just straight up eat them.

Gosh, it’s hard seeing Abby like this. She hesitated, for a second, reaching for the shocking gun thingy to stop Vinson. But in the end she just let him eat those dudes while she nommed some pills. And what’s Vinson’s deal anyway? I mean- I get that he’s obviously a crazy killer, but why is he so damn loyal to Abby? He cares for her, no? But in what way? I need to see more of this relationship because it’s fascinating, frankly.

The Mother-Daughter-Heda Mess

I am so proud of Madi for not letting Clarke take the flame out! Though, Clarke tried. She tried the sneaky way, she tried by force, she tired begging, she even used the “you’re my child” card, to which Madi was probably like “I did have actual parents, remember?”. Clarke mildly acquiesces, though it’s clear the fight’s far from over, and tells Madi to get in the Rover. Only…. back of the Rover isn’t exactly empty. Nay, the worms that were once so important to O’s endgame were carelessly left in the Rover- I’m going to go ahead and assume that whoever let that happen no longer is in possession of their head. So Clarke does the only logical stupidest thing ever, and throws the jar.

Right, that’s not going to come back to haunt them.

Madi, instead of getting a good night sleep Roverside, ends up having what is more memory than nightmare courtesy of the very first Commander, Becca Pramheda. First, we hear Madi pleading with Cadogan to not do… something. Then we see images of Becca being burned the fuck alive. Well, frankly, that is terrible. Even if she was kiiiind of responsible for the apocalypse. I am sure we’re going to see more of this story, and I for one cannot wait.

But that leads to some chat about the other Hedas. Can Madi hear and see them, too? More importantly, does she have memories of Lexa? Especially those of the sexy time variety? No, she doesn’t, that’d be weird guys. But she does have the crap Lexa wanted to pass on. And this is why Clarke won’t destroy the flame, of course, but it’s also why she’s scared to death of Madi having it. I get it but like… I don’t think Madi has a starring role on Fear the Walking Dead so it’s probably going to be fine.

They stroll along, heading to Shallow Valley, excited to find Abby and company. They of course have no idea that McCreary is in charge and that Abby is a drugged up prisoner hanging out in a gas station with an actual vampire but… Madi takes this little walk through the woods as an opportunity to be extra awesome.

Honestly, I love her more every episode.

But then! A gunshot! So they creep along and see McCreary shooting defectors for what actually looks like shits and giggles. He’s a sicko, really. But they find the one dude he leaves behind to literally clean up his mess, find out where Abby is, then slit his throat, as you do. I didn’t even mind Madi killing him, he sucked. They find Abby completely overdosed and wow, next week should be interesting.

Song of the Week:

“Took an oath by the blood of my hand, won’t break itI can taste it, the end is upon us, I swear”

and

“Rather be the hunter than the prey”

and

“A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you’re a natural
Living your life cutthroat”

Sounds like a certain Blodreina, no? 🤔

Random Thoughts:

Brell and Marper were huge in this episode and wow, I am awesome. Seriously guys, who am I even, my theories are usually just bonkers and I don’t even take myself seriously yet… here we are. I even called that Spacerku would be in hiding the whole episode and wow, nailing it. This is a proud, proud day. (Let’s ignore the fact that Brell, while quite involved, was less helpful than I’d hoped she be.)

Speaking of, that meant no Kiyoza either. But look, Diyoza (and Ivana too, let’s be real) earned the downtime, right? Kicking all the ass while pregnant means you get to chill in a cave for a little with your new boyfriend, yeah?

While we’re discussing Diyoza, how about how her notebook references The Sword of Damocles? Wow I love when the show throws these little Easter Eggs in.

Can someone please show me where Spacekru feels like “family”? Because look- I know they were in space for 6 years, but… I am just not feeling this connection. They seem close, yes, but… not Madi and Clarke close?

No one has died still. (Also, still not counting Jaha.) I was sure at least one person would end up dead this episode, but nope. And while I am obviously thrilled, it makes me extra scared for what’s to come.

Episode 5×11: The Dark Year

Tee hee, it’s finally hereeee! We’re going to see what really went on in that creepy ass bunker. Who fought who, who ate who, you know, the good stuff. Though, I am a little bummed that we’re probably not going to see a ton of development on the current stuff? Well, we can’t have everything I suppose. I am also so worried about spoilers because it’s airing at SDCC like… basically as I type this. So how exactly are we supposed to go a whole week without accidentally stumbling upon all the most awesome tidbits? Sigh, I am not happy with this decision, but alas, no one asked me.

Clarke is going to be full-on Mom in this episode, yeah? Parenting both Madi and her own mother, basically. Hopefully Clarke can help come up with some damn idea to get Abby off the drugs. I assume there is no solution for this on the Ark, they’d have just floated the poor bastard.

Will Spacekru & Friends be in the woods still? What I mean is- are we going to see only the bunker story? Sure, I could look at the cast list, but why ruin the surprise? Maybe they can show me a flashback of any of those guys seeming like family, eh?

Perhaps Madi can have bunker flashbacks too! It’s just a week of bunker flashbacks- some from 2 years ago and some from 102 years ago. What fun!

What do you think the big Dark Year secret will entail? Who do you think is the most at risk of death? (My money’s on Smol Algae™ )

8 responses to “The 100 Episode 5×10: The Warriors Will”

You know that’s a good point about Indra praying. We don’t see that much (ever?) and she always seemed pretty dismissive of Gara and the priestess thing- but then again she was VERY loyal to Lexa, so… ya nice touch. Whenever those two interact (her and O) it’s powerful, especially now that O is batshit crazy.

I loved it when Bellamy was like fuck it I gotta fight, otherwise Indra here is gonna run me through- I mean he SO didn’t want to do that, but damn O is being so frickin stubborn! Pretty good fight scene too, with Bell earning Indra’s respect. That’s huge after all the massacre fallout. And I know I’ve mentioned this before but O got that fire going awfully quick, didn’t she? I mean okay the bunker is clearly large but it’s not, you know, THAT big. She must have had some fucking lighter fluid to get that blaze going that fast…

I may steal that Indra’s “warriors death” GIF and use it on every post I ever do, just cause. It’s that awesome.

Vinson is creepy AF. “I’ll clean up when I’m through” might be one of the more disturbing things I’ve seen on this show? And Abby- yeah she hesitates and then is like nom nom with the pills. If she survives she’s gonna be SO messed up. Madi just casually killing that dude was messed up too, but I guess that’s what Grounders do from a young age *shrug*. and what’s up with Abby’s OD? If Vinson had to “clean up” I’m surprised he wasn’t there when it happened, and could help her? If he would. I guess we’ll see…

Loved the sword of Damocles reference. I am also VERY worried that no one has died yet…

I loved that whole prayer scene- partly because it showed a softer side of Indra, partly for the Lexa callback, and partly because it straight up pissed off Octavia 😂 I think part of it was, Indra almost “found religion” again, because the only thing she thinks might save them is Madi and the flame? It’s a very interesting side story. I agree, their interactions are fabulous. It’s a shame one or both (please no) is going to die.

YEP I mean- I get not wanting to fight, but if some badass Grounder is coming after me with a weapon, you better believe I am grabbing a sword! It’s noble, but I am glad he wasn’t *that* noble. The one good thing about Echo is that she DID teach him to fight, so I guess she gets a pass for a second. Speaking of, he doesn’t seem to concerned about her, does he? You know, the bunker must have some kind of fuel source, for heat (since they’re underground in Maryland or whatever, it has to be cold?) so I assume that’s how she was able to do it so fast? Probably even IN the hydrofarm, because how else could the power be working? Just a theory!

Hahha steal away! I will likely use it for many things- like if I have something shitty to do one day, just post that 😂

RIGHT!? He’s literally just gonna mop up the dudes he ate!??! Abby is so beyond messed up, I can’t. I feel like she was probably still conscious when Vinson left- because I think you’re right, he wouldn’t have left her. I mean, I have never ODed of course, but I assume it takes time to… kick in? Like alcohol? So you think you’re not as drugged as you are, and then BAM, you’re unconscious? And YES Madi killing that guy shocked me! I think it even shocked Clarke? BUT I get it- she saw him killing all her people for NO REASON, and I can see how that would make you slit a guy’s throat.

YES the Sword of Damocles was awesome. OH and Madi definitely said Cadogan, by the way- I was going to make a GIF but she was thrashing around too much for it to work hah. I am SO here for that little storyline! And seriously- what is going to happen!?!? I assume (and maybe I am super wrong) that no one dies next episode because it’s a flashback? So what the HELL does Damocles 1 and 2 have in store!? Wouldn’t it be a trip if just… everyone lived this season except Jaha?

Skim-skim-skimming… you are barreling through these episodes! I swear I’ll catch up sooner or later, haha. Hopefully sooner! I am worried since it doesn’t seem like many of the original characters are around. 🙁

Hahahah indeed- I start doing the recap the day after the show airs but it takes me forever- basically the rest of my blog goes to hell during The 100 season 😂

I think that Netflix gets it the week after the finale airs, if that helps? So… less than a month from now, eep. I promise that plenty of the originals are still around! And then of course some new fun characters too- Season 5 is seriously FULL of really REALLY interesting characters hahah. Honestly S4 was my favorite, and now S5 is my favorite, and S3 was my least favorite so you’re in an awesome place to pick back up!

Okay, this is the episode in this season where the show just … loses me. I like literally turn off the TV feeling like I’m done (but I know I’m totally not). Which is weird because, just yesterday when I watched the previous episode, I was making all sorts of excuses for the horrible decisions, and today I just can’t find any. It happens every season, and the show always wins me back, but WHYYYYYYY????

I just couldn’t even deal with any of the characters in this episode for some reason. Right from the start, I knew I was in trouble when Clarke threw the worms out of the truck. Like, really? You don’t survive for six years in a barren wasteland with this level of idiocy. And, storytelling-wise, it’s WAY too easy. It feels downright lazy to me—because Clarke is NOT an idiot, and she just wouldn’t do that.

Then there’s Octavia, who I already knew went off the deep end, but I guess I still thought that at least she thought she was doing it for her people? She suddenly went from “evil because I have to be in order to preserve Wonkru” to “evil because I’m evil” with one flick of a match (and yes to Greg’s point about the size of that blaze—apparently she had a barrel of lighter fluid sitting in that greenhouse). It frustrates the heck out of me!!!!

And I guess I get why Bellamy ended up getting all stabby in the arena, but so much for all those principals that he spouted off to O not all that long before.

Okay, I’ll stop complaining about your favorite show now. Like I said, I know it’ll win me back over, but it seems like every season there are one or two episodes that just make me insane. This was that episode for me. (Can’t say I shed any tears either – I was just too aggravated with all of them.)

Hahahah I think a lot of people were with you at this point. I… well, look, I love this show unconditionally basically. The worms thing made me mad too! But I think it might make you less mad in the long run? But you are absolutely right- it was SO stupid and not something she’d have done, especially seeing how awful they were the first time!

I still think O thought she was protecting Wonkru? I think in part because she was SO jaded about literally everything, she thought that they couldn’t make their own choices- kind of like… well, you’ll see next episode, but I think it will show you exactly WHY she started acting the way she did.

As for Bellamy… survival instinct, you know? I mean – I don’t think he EVER would have had Indra not, though. But when someone is wielding a sword at you… how can you not? I think nearly every human would, in the end.

I think- I HOPE- that it will win you back. I was very frustrated with O at this point too- but The Dark Year… wow, it really does put a lot in perspective I think! I hope it does for you too, I cannot WAIT to hear what you think!

I was willing to cling to that tiny last scrap of O’s humanity….but then she burned down Monty’s farm. Oh HELL no.
So I think O is suicidal but can’t commit suicide because it “would be weak”, and so starting a pointless war is how she can satisfy that nihilistic need. I’m sad to say I didn’t catch on until the mirror scene where she placed the shard against her wrist (so, thanks to the writers for that assist). Granted, it’s clearly more than depression gnawing at her.

Speaking of gnawing, is it weird that I still like Cannibal Vinson? And the fact that Abbey went for pills rather than saving a life? I think we revoke her doctor card now (if the other doc dies, we’re screwed).

I, too, was yelling at the screen when Clarke threw the worms *in the desert*, a habitat we know they thrive in. Ugh.

So what’s with the reference to the Sword of Damocles? I clearly should’ve been reading all your recaps from the beginning. 😀

I agree about Octavia. She was so, so lost by that point. Desperate, too. And like you said, if someone killed her, then it’s a “warrior’s death”. She is kind of heartbreaking.

HA no I still liked Cannibal Vinson at this point too! It seems VERY clear that he loves Abby in some way. And seriously, Abby was so… sad to watch. But Paige did such an amazing job in that scene, grabbing for the pills. And right? Of course, Jackson has consumed all the kool-aid, so maybe he isn’t much better hah.

YEP that worm scene was DUMB. Come on, Clarke knows better. Also, the worms kind of… aren’t much of a thing anymore so Idk why they did it. Red herring, I guess?

And so- the last two episodes of the season are Damocles 1 and 2. And there is a reason, that you won’t see until…. I *think* Damocles 2? I actually haven;t gotten to my S5 rewatch yet hahha. (Okay I had to look it up- it’s definitely Damocles 2) and frankly, it is worth the wait.